Evangelical Church

The term Evangelical Church may refer to:

Church denominations

Evangelical Association - founded by Jacob Albright, often referred to as the Evangelical Church, one of the historic predecessor bodies of the United Methodist Church. It merged with others in 1946 to become the Evangelical United Brethren Church.
Evangelical United Brethren Church (1946-1968) merged into the United Methodist Church
Evangelical United Brethren Association, existed from sometime after 1848 until 1864
Evangelical Church of North America (ECNA), also known as Evangelical Church - American denomination (Wesleyan)
Evangelical Synod of North America - founded in the mid-19th century and centered in the Midwest, it was usually referred to simply as the Evangelical Church (and thus not to be confused with the Evangelical Association) and was one of the historic predecessor bodies of the United Church of Christ;
Evangelical Free Church of America - American denomination representative of evangelicalism, formed in 1942;
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America - largest Lutheran denomination in the USA;

Evangelical Church in Zambia (ECZ) - Founded in 1910 in Zambia. The Evangelical Church in Zambia (ECZ) is a product of the South Africa General Mission (SAGM) in Cape Town, South Africa. The Mission was first known as the Cape General Mission and legally constituted in March 1889, with a Council in London. In 1894, the Cape General Mission merged with another mission, the South East Africa Evangelical Mission of Durban to form the South Africa General Mission

or more generically to any Church or denomination within:

Lutheranism;
Evangelicalism - especially those associated with the National Association of Evangelicals.

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